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Henry Leroy McGriff farm journals
Ledgers documenting the farm inventory, taxes, profits and losses, as well as mortgages, title abstracts, and related documents
Melton's Bluff Receipts
Six receipts concerning Andrew Jackson's farm, Melton's Bluff, on the Tennessee River in Alabama.
John Newland and George Wilcox receipt
This collection consists of a single receipt dated March 6, 1811 and signed by Newland and Wilcox, acknowledging payment of $3 by Hugh Lemasster for taxes owed for 1809 on a farm of 100 acres of second-rate land, 2 tiths, 3 slaves, and 7 horses.
Patrons of Husbandry, Perryville, Alabama, bylaws
The bylaws of this Perryville, Alabama, Grange organization. The collection also includes several chapters of a manuscript, written in the back of the book.
Photographs of African American Tobacco Farmers
Eighteen photographs depicting African American tobacco farmers near Petersburg, Virginia.
Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers
Spring Valley Foods, Inc. Stock Sales Book
Large volume with information about the sale of 300,000 shares of common stock of Spring Valley Foods, Inc. at $1 par value. Includes correspondence with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a prospectus, memorandums, power of attorney information, letters from key parties involved, and certificates in a clearly labeled 72 section volume with table of contents.
T. J. Scott and Sons letters
Two letters written by farmers in Hayneville, Alabama, to Montgomery merchants T. J. Scott and Sons. The 1904 letters describe the sale of mules and ask for refunds from the company, which provided defective livestock.
Charles Tait papers
Letter from Tait to his son about the acquisition of land within what would become Alabama
Thomas Hubbard Hobbs diaries
The collection contains diaries of an Alabama lawyer, planter, and legislator from Athens, Limestone County, Alabama. Included is a three-month diary from 1862, when Hobbs was Captain of Co. F., Ninth Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The diaries also cover his time as a legislator representing Limestone County, Alabama; his support for the railroads; and his work on the family plantation.
Thomas K. Jones Papers
This collection contains a miscellany of correspondence, financial papers, cotton sales records, Confederate bonds, and other items.
W. G. Croft letter
Letter from W. G. Croft, dated 18 November (circa 1835) from Canebreak, Union Town, Alabama, to his brother, Randall Croft, at Beaufort, South Carolina, discussing cotton crop yields in the area.
W. H. Allard Letters
Letter from W.H. Allard to his brother concerning the sale and value of marble.and letter to S. H. Allard regarding plows, horses, and land.
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
This collection consists of 213 photographs depicting scenes from various places, such as cities, farms, tourist attractions, and rivers in Ireland, Scotland, France, and New York.
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
This collection consists of four black and white photographs depicting unidentifed women from Steward, Nevada engaged in daily life activities on a farm.
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
This collection consists of ninety-seven photographs depicting flooded streets, and people engaged in various activities.
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
This collection consists of twenty photographs depicting vegetables and flowers in Texas.
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
This collection consists of fifty-nine photographs depicting scenes in West Virginia.
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
This collection consists of seven photographs depicting harvesting in Texas.
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
This collection consists of thirteen photographs depicting scenes of harvesting hay, rifle shooting, and landscapes.
Whitfield Family Papers
Papers of this Marengo County, Alabama, plantation family including correspondence, financial papers and business receipts, land sale documents, and Nathan Bryan Whitfield's presidential pardon.
William Cooper Diaries and Photograph
The collection consists of six diaries for 1864, 1867, 1876, 1882, 1884, and 1887, and a photograph of Cooper, an attorney from Tuscumbia, Alabama. The diaries contain daily entries made by Cooper and, in his absence from home, his wife, and give a great deal of information about the community, his activities, and his family.
Charles Lyon Wood manuscript
Manuscript of Wood's "Historic Lowndes: an outline," a history of Lowndes County, Mississippi, which surveys early explorers, settlers, soldiers, politicians and prominent men of this eastern Mississippi county.
Yuille Family Papers
A collection of correspondence, 1861-1865, and other personal papers, as well as bills, receipts, and orders of this bakery in Mobile, Alabama, operated by Gavin Yuille (?-1849) and his sons John C. and Robert Lang Yuille (1822-?). Includes the loyalty oath taken by John C. Yuille in 1865.